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around the head, (having the upper part ex- 



attire of this singtikr creature. 



As iiiiirh graco and dig-nity was displayed in 

 OUT reception as such a fif;"iiro could sliow, and 

 chairs were placed by tlie attendants for our ac- 

 oamnu^^n. He wa^l^ % nfM ^him^Qf 



ordinary as to cause large drops df pfirspiration 

 to roll down liis face, eonfeired a great honour 

 upon us by personally accompanying us to see a 

 tank be fe«*H jtia* learned &\ md with it 



After view i II this, he returned to liis former 

 station. m Ih ii 1h' rrseated biinself, with a dignity 

 of look and manner surpassing all description; 

 and we took our departure, afte? it brief isopi- 



I f «ma?k#, Jltat^ m approach, th« m-^ 



lives squatted down, as a mark of i-espcct : a 

 custom similar to w hich prevails in several of the 

 Polynesian isbnuls." 



fbe MldiQg^ of 130$ %kn«s9 mA Mibwm 

 -were now in some ^egtesimjiroved, Ijeing sut* 

 rounded liy a neat chiinamed wall, and I he en- 

 traiice was t>y a gateway of hriek, which liad 

 been only recently completed. Since my last 



yMt his highness imd tsmsed 4 hms& ix> b^ cm-- 

 striicted after the style of the Bimpeaa residents 



